SKOWHEGAN — Of the 294 men from Skowhegan who went off to fight in the Civil War, 85 of them never returned.
Doug Harlow
Doug Harlow is a veteran Morning Sentinel reporter now covering Skowhegan municipal government and police, court activity and general news from around Somerset County. In his spare time he raises chickens for eggs, cayenne peppers, fingerling potatoes, garlic and other organic vegetables with his wife, Mary Lou, who also maintains lovely flower gardens. Their little farm also produces maple syrup and heritage apples. Doug and Mary Lou moved to Maine in 1987 Doug, a Stone Soup Society poet and cab driver in Boston in the 1970s, was hired as a contracted correspondent for the Sentinel in January, 1988. His interests include baseball, especially the Boston Red Sox, and feeding the wild birds that visit them in the winter.
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Medical Examiner IDs fire victims
The cremated remains of Rosalina Zamora, one of three people who died March 13 in a fire in Unity Township, will be flown home to her native Philippines on Monday, her surviving son-in-law said Tuesday.
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Skowhegan Walmart turns into Supercenter
SKOWHEGAN — Shotguns and deer rifles sit in glass cases next to baseball gloves and picnic supplies.
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In Skowhegan, an education for the real world
SKOWHEGAN — Missy McCaslin, a junior at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, recently demonstrated a hospital operating room procedure with four other students, all of them dressed in surgical caps and gowns.
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Gifford’s Ice Cream containers see new design as part of rebranding
SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan’s family-owned Gifford’s Ice Cream is giving itself a make-over with a new packaging look and a new logo.
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Manager: Dog appears neglected, malnourished
SKOWHEGAN — The manager of the local animal shelter says she needs help finding the owner of a chocolate Labrador retriever that was brought in Thursday looking dangerously malnourished.
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Hartland teenagers arrested for armed robbery
PRESQUE ISLE — Two boys from Hartland were arrested Thursday on armed robbery charges after allegedly holding a Bangor taxi-cab driver at knife point in Presque Isle and threatening his life early Wednesday.
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Repeat sex offender to return to court
SKOWHEGAN — A three-time convicted sex offender is scheduled to appear in court next month for allegedly exposing himself to two women in downtown Skowhegan in March.
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Skowhegan organic farmer to talk policy in Congress
SKOWHEGAN — Sarah Smith of Grassland Farm likes to talk about organic foods and the $36.6 million in sales it generates annually in Maine.
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Local grain key to economic health, says corporation
SKOWHEGAN — The Somerset Economic Development Corp. sees a future in which local farmers raise food for local people, providing jobs and business support while relieving poverty and improving nutrition in rural Maine.